Motobecane Fantom Cross UNO

What happened

Stolen bike was chained to a two bike stand, along with my wife's 'shopping bike' - an almost new beach cruiser type three speed machine. The two were almost hidden at the rear of our car park space by our car, and an unlocked shopping type bike leant against the same wall a few feet away. Garage is supposedly 'secure' but we suspect tradesmen have more access to keys than they should have. We drove into our parking space at 3PM on the afternoon of the 28th. Our condo building is still under heavy unit construction, so were not surprised to see two tradesmen in the further part of the garage, near a typical white panel van. At 11PM, we had to leave our building, by car. We got in the car, my wife spotted that my bike was missing. The fairly hefty cable lock had been cut through by a bolt or cable cutter - the sort of tool those workers would likely have had in their van. They were outside contractors for the building company who is finishing off units in our building. The rep for that company stated that all workers they hire are well known to them and cannot see them stealing a bike so blatantly. Sure... A police report was filed, awaiting the paper copy being mailed to me as this was entered. The bike had rear panniers on a Performance Bicycle rack, with a U lock in one pannier - no key - and a crash helmet slung over the ends of the bars. It was fitted with white plastic fenders. The handlebars are FSA 'Wing Pro' low drop compact bars, that I had handy and fitted myself - these alone make the bike stand out. My wife's bike and another unlocked bike some few feet away were left untouched, which suggests this street trash is a cyclist, or knows something about bikes.

Bike details

Type

Other (describe in detail below)

Color

Black / silver decals

Size

54cm

Condition

Around six months old, dusty but no major scratches. Single speed, using freewheel, fixed cog on other side of hub. Bike has FSA Wing Pro compact alloy handlebars, 42cm width - fitted a spare set I had for my comfort, with regular black handlebar tape. White fenders fitted at theft

Serial #

Unable to read through paint / poor stamping

Theft circumstances

Date

May 28, 2011

Lock type

Cable w/ Integrated Key Lock

Locked to

Locked to bike rack.

How locked

Locked through front wheel and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock was cut, and left at the scene.

Duration

garage was usual storage for this bike

Area

Garage or enclosed parking area.

Police report #

Not available when this was filed